Dawn, I was talking about Thomas Phelan's son, Jeremiah b. 1777. The reason I'm confused is I found a record of a Jeremiah from Washington Co., AR who died 26 May 1862, he was a private citizen but was buried in the Confederate Cemetary in Alton, IL. I got this info from a book I found at the ARK History Commision "Register of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North" which was compiled in the office of the commissioner for marking graves of confederate dead, War Department, 1912. Just curious who he was. Does anyone have any info on Jeremiah's (b. 1777) brother, EVANS M. PHELAN who was born 1775. I have a note taken from a book titled "Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823" which is in the Memphis library which says: "Executive Department, Monday 22nd November 1802. On a recommendation from Sundry respectable inhabitants of Columbia County, ordered that a Pass port through the Creek nation to the western Territory be prepared for EVAN PHELAN. #119.' The following was found in the Deed books for Bledsoe CO where my greatgrandfather, James Monroe Phelan, was born in 1824. "Bledsoe County Deed Book D, page 321 Deed dated 19 March 1828...Evans Phelan of Bledsoe County and State of Tennessee to John Nail of county and state aforesaid...$215.00...parcel of land in county of Bledsoe on Cumberland Mountain on the waters of Bee Creek...description...s/Evans Phelan...Witnesses: Elijah Tucker, Thomas Jordan...Recorded May 7, 1829" ================SNIP >Depends on which Jeremiah you are needing. The Jeremiah that was in ILL and >moved to ARK is buried in ARK. Wish I could remember how I know that so that I >could pass that on to you. Let me look around in my files to see what I come >up with. Just to make sure we have the right one, do you have a birth date. >Dawn > >Do any of you Thomas/Jerimiah Phelan researchers know where Jerimiah is >buried? Is it in Washington Co., AR or ILL. Did he have a will and if so, >if anyone has it, would they please post to the list. >Thanks, >Glenda >